EPHEDRA SINICA
FAMILY: GNETACEAE
MA-HUANG, EPHEDRA: From China, this is the pharmacologically active, commercial, ephedra, containing useful quantities of ephedrine. It is used as a stimulant and as an anti-asthmatic. Grow in full sun in well drained soil. Amphetamines have been synthesized from ephedrine but the quantities needed for such a process are enormous.